> Ok, I patched to 1.3a and now my Healer can't enchant anything above Normal quality,

The 1.3 patch didn't change anything about this. We couldn't even we wanted to; it's in the engine.

> and her ability has dropped to only a forty percent chance. Forty percent is exactly > half of the eighty percent chance the manual says she should have, and that she did > have before the patches.

First, if you go by what's in the manual then you should be upset about a lot of things. The manual was prepared well before the developers got close to the version that shipped. More on that later.

The point is that the manual will tell you things that aren't so. Some changes make the game harder, some easier. The dev team tried to balance the game the best way they could given the constraints imposed on them. When in doubt they tried to err on the easy side.

The original data file gave Normal Enchant a 10%, Expert 5%, Master 10% and GM 20%. This made no sense. We consulted with the lead designer and he confirmed that is was a mistake. On his recommendation we changed it to 5-10-10-20.

> Why did someone "fix" something that was not broken?

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it wasn't broken. You wouldn't have like the bugged Enchant once you trained up to Expert rank. There were other bugs we fixed which some people like to exploit; if that's what you like then don't used the patch.

> Where can the rules for the new enchanting system be found?

Right-clicking on any Spell will give you the details at your caster's current level. Several of these descriptions were inaccurate in the original version. We corrected them.

> Is it because she trained to Expert in Spirit Magic? Where > does the manual say your chance of success is dependant on your > training level?

I hope you're over your reliance on the manual by now. If not, you might want to spend some time comparing the manual data with the right-click in-game data of Spells, Skills, etc.

> I really enjoy finding and enchanting items to see what I can get. > Now that has been taken away and ruined for no good reason.

Your 10% chance will occur when you advance to Expert. It makes more sense that an Expert would have a greater chance than a Novice.

> Many otherwise good games have been ruined by stupid, brainless > decisions made by the devs for no other reason than that their > arrogance told them they could screw their user base without > consequence. This is clearly such a case.

I'm not at all sure where you're coming from here. MM9 was flawed because the publisher put unreasonable demands on the dev team. I've nevr met a developer who didn't give 150% for the sake of the people who play their games.

> If it's possible for TELP to restore the enchanting engine to > what it was before the patches, meaning to what it is supposed > to be according to the manual,

You're over this now, right?

> Please return the enchanting system to what it was supposed to be.

We did.